Creating a Help Navigation Bar Entry

Once you have created your Help, the next step is to create a navigation bar entry so users can link to it.

To create a navigation bar entry:

1. Navigate to the Page Definition. See "Accessing a Page Definition".

2. Under Navigation Bar, click the Create icon.

3. For Attributes:

   1. Sequence - Specify the sequence for this component. The sequence determines the order of evaluation.

   2. Alt Tag Text - Enter ALT text for navigation icons that are images. If you do not specify an image name, then this text displays.

   3. Icon Image Name - Enter the name of the image that displays.

   4. Image Height - Enter the height of the image.

   5. Image Width - Enter the width of the image.

   6. Text - Enter additional text to display with the image. You can include text or use icons with no text. This attribute is optional and can be translated.

   7. Click Next.

   Next, specify the target location.

4. For Target:

   1. Target is a - Select Page in this application.

   2. Page - Specify the page number of the help page you created in "Creating a Help Page and Region".

   3. Request - Enter the following:

      &APP_PAGE_ID.
      

      By specifying substitution string &APP_PAGE_ID as the Request, you are instructing the Application Express engine to display Help text for the current page when the user clicks this icon.

   4. Click Next.

5. Click Create.